The new series of Celebrity Big Brother started on Tuesday night with a very interesting and eclectic lineup.

A year after Kim Woodburn had everyone talking, the theme for the new run of the hit Channel show is The Year of the Woman, meaning that only female stars entered the famous TV mad house on launch night.

However, in true Big Brother style fans can expect plenty of twists and turns along the way.

Male contestants will be introduced to the house later on in the series, with rumours flying that the first ones will be going in on Friday.

When did it start?

There are two series of the celeb version each year, with former Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding winning the most recent one this summer. There is also a spin-off show which airs directly after, called Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit On The Side, it is hosted by Rylan Clark-Neal who is a former CBB winner.

Amanda Barrie

Now 82, Amanda is most famous for playing Alma, the long suffering wife of Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street.

Her death on the ITV soap was a real tearjerker and she then went on to play a very different role as one of the Costa Cons in Bad Girls.

Ashley James

Ashley James (Image: Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images))

Ashley appeared in two series of Made in Chelsea and is now a DJ and lifestyle blogger.

Jess Impiazzi

Jess Impiazzi arriving at the Magic Mike XXL European premiere in London

Jess is famous for appearing on MTV's Ex on the Beach. Last year she played Calum Best's leading lady on the big screen and could well be looking for love in the CBB house after her recent split from her rugby star fiancé Denny Solomona.

Maggie Oliver

Her battle to secure justice for the victims of a horrific grooming gang in Rochdale was turned into a hard-hitting BBC drama Three Girls last year.

Maggie Oliver

A central character in the programme and its real life proceedings, Maggie played a key role in bringing the abusers in the disturbing and harrowing Rochdale child sex grooming scandal to justice.

The men . . .

These are the men rumoured to be going in . . .

John Barnes

Right so this one is actually confirmed. Rylan broke the news at the end of Tuesday's CBB Bit on the Side that the Liverpool and England legend and one time Newcastle player would be going into the house on Friday night. Wonder if he'll do his World in Motion rap?

Pete Wicks

Pete Wicks (Image: Ian West/PA Wire)

The Only Way Is Essex (TOWIE) regular, 29, could be swapping his glamorous lifestyle for a stint on the show.

Pete split with his girlfriend Megan McKenna this year and their messy break-up was heavily documented on TOWIE.

Megan, 25, was a contestant on CBB in 2016 and was briefly removed from the house after a foul-mouthed rant directed at fellow housemates Tiffany Pollard and John Partridge.

Jonny Mitchell

Another Essex native, Jonny rose to fame as a contestant on ITV’s Love Island this summer.

Camilla and Jonny

The 26-year-old didn’t go down well with fans when he dumped fellow Islander Camilla Thurlow.

Jonny recently split up with Made In Chelsea star Stephanie Pratt. It’s believed that Channel 5 show bosses want him to spice things up in the house.